This species is native to the western part of the US, Canada and around the Great Lakes. They are small, but a beautiful little bush and quite plentiful in shady canyons this time of year. There’s a similar species I see that lives farther east, but no farther than New York.

It’s not hard to get excited about wildflowers. I think it’s the adult version of an Easter egg hunt! There are so many species and they spread out their bloom across several months; yes, it’s fun to have those photos to post, but so many happen at a time that it’s easy to overlook some.

Lovely pictures as ever. Your ground ivy is particularly eye catching, I’ve been photographing the same species in Cambridge, UK, for an imminent post. As in Montana, many species of wild flowers are now in bloom here. It’s a geat time for photography!